Personally, if I were McCain, I would have hated to hear that GWB was going to endorse me. That, in my opinion, would have been the kiss of death to his campaign if he had done this earlier in the campaign.

But you can't generally blame a candidate for the people that have "endorsed" them unless the candidate has sought out this endorsement.

-- Posted by Thom on Wed, Mar 5, 2008, at 11:46 AM

You are right a Bush endorsement would be the kiss of death and I think they all knew this. That is probably why he didn't endorse him until after he got the nomination secured. But you have to look at it this way, Bush is Republican Who else would he endorse but another fellow Republican? But I do have to say I think both Obama and Hillary have people who would like to endorse them also but they too know it would be the kiss of death. But I am sure after the Democratic nomination is over we'll see more endorsements.

But there is still a difference in an endorsement and people who you associate with on your own free will.